{"id":73507,"date":"2026-07-25T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=73507"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:01:14","slug":"report-patriots-finally-get-rookie-jacas-under-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2026\/07\/25\/report-patriots-finally-get-rookie-jacas-under-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Patriots Finally Get Rookie Jacas Under Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what has been a long, drawn-out negotiation, it looks like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> finally have all of their rookies under contract.<\/p>\n<p>According to NFL Insider Jordan Schultz, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/2081026708539314192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the Patriots reached an agreement with rookie Gabe Jacas on a contract<\/strong><\/a>, which will now hopefully move things forward in getting the rookie to Foxboro.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2026-new-england-patriots-draft-picks-full-list\/\"><strong>2026 Patriots&#8217; second-round pick<\/strong><\/a> hasn&#8217;t been present thus far as the two sides had continued negotiating, with Vrabel saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2026\/07\/25\/transcript-mike-vrabel-press-conference-7-25-2\/\"><strong>during his press conference on Saturday<\/strong><\/a> that there wasn&#8217;t anything new to report and, when asked if Jacas was local, Vrabel said, &#8220;I do not think that Gabe is local. 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